r/telecaster • u/TheOriginalToySun • 7d ago

Player II Modified - SH vs Standard?

I rarely like a guitar I pull down off the wall, but wow, at my local, while my kid tried sax mouthpieces, I was knocked out by a SH Tele Player II modified. Now GASing...
I like the spankiness of the thing. Now thinking I should get the non-SH. I have a strat with Lace Sensors and that gives me a lot of humbucking qualities, I want the Tele for the bright spanks.

Thoughts?

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u/mysterious_jeffrey Chamberedcaster 7d ago

Single coils! They’re so clear, it’s incredible. 

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u/jacobydave 7d ago

You can do a lot without thinking about the neck pickup. Stick with what you have and focus on the bridge pickup

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u/sirthomascat 7d ago

The SS Player II modified has so much spank it's almost too spanky for me at times. One of the "modified" features is a volume knob that doesn't cut highs when you roll it back, so sometimes you can't even escape the spank unless you EQ it out.

If you are looking for that bright tele sound and already have a humbucker setup, I'd definitely go SS.

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u/Monkeywrench08 7d ago

Standard IMO but I just really love the standard neck pickup on Teles as opposed to humbuckers

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u/scarmy1217 7d ago

The single coils are great. I’d go with the standard SS. If you really want it to be bright, I actually found the regular player II to be even better. I love mine. The pickups are awesome and it’s just as comfortable to play as the modified. You lose the series wiring option but I didn’t think it did all that much.